Clarion 1948-01-14 Vol 27 No 12

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Vol. XXVII—No. 12 Bethel College and Seminary January 14, 1948
St. Paul, Minnesota
Male Chorus to Present
Season's First Concert
WINTERTIME CAMPUS The Clarion
Frosh to Hold Sleigh
Ride as Class Mal
The freshmen sleigh ride party
will be held Saturday night, Jan-uary
24 at the Circle "S" Ranch.
Refreshments will be served in the
Boys' Dorm Recreation r o o m
following an hour and a half ride
through the woods, and Bob Mant-zke
will lead the singspiration
around a brazing fireplace. Fresh-men
may bring upper-classmen as
their guests. The event is not
strictly a date affair. Tickets are
65 cents each and only a limited
number are offered. They can be
purchased from Harlan Ostrom,
Frank Doten, Hazel Bondeson,
Marge Helgren.
Turning Over New Leaf
Theme of Bodien Meet
The members of the girls' dorm
met Wednesday evening, January
7, to discuss regulations concern-ing
the study hours and "lights-out"
deadline. The girls aired their
. opinions of the sytem in effect,
after which the council presented
a previously prepared list of new
rules.
Helen Franklin was elected as
the freshman represenative for the
dorm council.
Another dorm meeting is to be
held soon.
Malmsten Journeys
To the West Coast
Rev. and Mrs. Malmsten left St.
Paul January 5th to tour the
churches of the Columbia and
California Conferences. They are
presenting a piano-sermonette ser-ies
with pictures on the life of
Christ.
Miss'y Band Holds
First Meet of 1948
Elving Anderson led the Mission-ary
Band in their first meeting
of the new year, January 9th. Cal-vin
Chao, head of the Intervarsity
Fellowship Movement in the colle-ges
and universities of China, as
speaker, provided much food for
thought and inspiration. Several
numbers were presented by file
Singing Uncles. A trio consisting
of Mrs. Bill Brice, Katherine
Nelson and Sara Jean Wallinder
also sang.
Vacation time at Bethel. Ah Yes!
The thoughts of the coming fes-tivities
gladdened the hearts of
those who were homeward bound.
First a group left on a bus, then
some by train, some by auto and
some by streetcar. That was the
sight that passed in review of
those who stayed on the campus.
By Monday most had left, and
now it was known who would stay
around over the vacation.
Those staying could have been
placed in three classes. The in-dustrious,
who were still working.
The lazy, who started hibernating
and catching up on their sleeping.
Last, but not least, were the ones
who were just tired and needed a
rest. Exciting isn't it!
Christmas Eve had a forecasting
of being slightly on the dead side.
How true this almost became.
About, eight in the evening, eleven
of the group piled into Gil Fors-line's
oar and went to the morgue,
where the group gathered around
the organ to sing carols. Later re-freshments
were served in the
Girls' Dorm by Mr. and Mrs. Law-son.
Various members of the group
attended the Christmas services at
Roy Nelson Delegate
To S. V. Conference
The site of the sixteenth Quad-rennial
assembly of the North
American Conference on Christian
frontiers, held December 27, 1947
to January 1, 1948, was the beauti-ful
University of Kansas campus
in Laurence, Kansas. Although
Bethel is not affiliated in any way
with this Conference, Roy Nelson,
chairman of the Missionary Band,
was sent as a delegate. He will
report shortly to the student body
on the impressions and informa-tion
gained there.
These meetings began in 1886
under the influence of John R.
Mott who became its first presi-dent
and has continued in active
service and contact even until the
present time. Sponsors of the as-semblies
are the Student Volun-teers
Movement, t h e Student
Christian Movement of Canada and
the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
midnight and five in the the morn-ing.
The following days were for the
most part spent in sleeping and
eating. Mostly sleeping. Games,
both vigorous and otherwise, were
enthusiastically indulged in by
most of the group, especially parlor
games. Work on the campus was
almost at a minimum. The skating
rink was started and plowed out.
A few of the offices received a
New Look and the gym floor was
refinished. Have you noticed?
Hmmmm.
One evening was spent in skat-ing
and sliding after which re-freshments
were served. The fire-places
of both dorms were kept
burning most of the time. The
favorite pastime was lounging in
front of them.
On New Year's Eve everyone
went to various churches and took
part in the Watch night services.
The New Year was welcomed with
new hope and a desire to do better
in all things. So from us that
stayed and kept the lights burning,
we want to welcome you all back
and also wish you a Happy New
Year.
Bill Lindroth
Milaca, Minn. Jan. 27;
Eastern Trip Probable
The Bethel M a 1 e Chorus is
scheduled to appear in its lirst
public concert of the season in
Milaca, Minnesota on January 27.
The Chorus has appeared several
times in and around school, but
this will be the first full-dress con-cert
since rehearsals began in
September.
The Male Chorus is about thirty
strong this year. Special talent
which will be in forthcoming con-certs
includes such well known
campus personalities as Bob Mant-zke
and Bert Anderson.
Plans for the annual spring con-cert
tour are now in an advance
state of preparation. It is probable
that the tour will be of two weeks'
duration and will cover as much of
the Eastern Seaboard as possible
Several concerts will be given in
Chicago as well.
Student Council Moves
To Construct Ice Rink
As soon as colder weather moves
in, the new ice skating rink on
Bethel's campus will be completed.
The student council appropiated
$300.00 from their funds for the
construction of the rink. Vernon
Anderson was in charge of the
project and was assisted by
student help. Otto Ashbach and
Sons, Contractors, donated t h e
work of their bull dozer for clear-ing
away the snow, prepartory
to the erection of the side boards.
The rink is regulation size and will
be used for both pleasure skating
and for hockey.
Swedish Club to Meet
Movies Feature Program
The second regular meeting of
the newly organized Swedish Club
will be held this coming Monday
evening, January 19 at 8 o'clock
P.M. in the lounge of the Men's
Dorm. Highlighting the interesting
program to be presented will be
several films depicting Sweden, its
beauty and its people. Refresh-ments
will be served afterwards.
Vacation Days on Campus
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Class Membership
Sometimes the expansion and growth of an
institution render policies of long standing
quite impractical. In some matters it has been
possible at Bethel to conduct business with no
definite policy at all. However, the absence of
a clearly defined ruling has created major
problems of late in attempts to determine the
constituency of the college classes.
The difficulties of classifying students, al-ready
aggravated by the increased size of the
student body, have been made even more
serious this year by the installation of a
junior class. It is becoming clear now that
to maintain the identity of the classes definite
requirements for membership are imperative.
Futhermore, under the present lawless set-up
the Spire's task of arranging student pictures
according to classes is almost a hopeless one.
Recognizing the need of specific legislation,
the members of the faculty this fall passed a
ruling under which they regard as sophomores
all students who have earned more than forty
quarter credits of college work, and as juniors
all who have earned at least ninety-five such
credits with an honor point ratio of 1.0. The
ruling was introduced in the expectation that
similar academic requirements for membership
would be provided by -the classes themselves.
This has not been done, with the result that
students who, following the only standards
established, are classified as freshmen, attend
sophomore class meetings. The small junior
class, where the condition is most noticeable,
has been attempting for the last three months
to ascertain its true membership, to the
neglect of other activities.
The problem, it would seem, comes under the
jurisdiction of the student council. If that
body, however, declines from taking any ac-tion,
it is necessary for the classes of the
college and seminary to fix specific require.
ments for membership. Perhaps the faculty's
uling should be followed with an added pro-vision
to permit a student who will complete
the required work at the end of the fall
quarter to enter the class in September.
Membership in a class loses its significance
when requirements for entrance to the class
are absent. Although some students will be
offended by such standards, it is clear that
to remove uncertainty an irrefragable - policy
must be established.
It's nice to remember that winter always
drops in for a few short visits before coming
to stay.
Great things have been happening during
the Christmas vacation. The first crop of
diamonds was harvested, romance has been
running rampant—especially in the mess hall,
Edwards Memorial Field has become Edwards
Memorial Pond, the President has discovered
that "new look" in our own Bethel office,
and Dean Carlson, not to be outdone, decided
to give his office that "new look" too (sure
is a pretty shade of grey). Well, it's like I say,
you can never tell what the second cup of
coffee will do to you.
Here's a toast to the fellows who are doing
such a wonderful job (in spite of old man
weather) of making the new skating rink.
Here's sincere thanks to Vernon Anderson and
his gang for a lot of hard work so that we
Bethelites can have a lot of fun.
Now that my coffee's almost gone, I'd like
to turn to something a bit more serious.
Several weeks ago the debate squad was down
at Iowa State to a debate tournament. Previous
to the actual debates, discussion groups were
held considering the basic cause of world
unrest. It was actually an airing of the think-ing
of the top collegiate- professors through
the medium of their students who were par-ticipating.
After considerable discussion the
conclusion was reached that the basic cause
of world unrest was the element of fear that
is in the world today. How unfortunate that
all of the world's learning has not solved this
problem; yet, the answer was given some two
thousand years ago when the Lord said, "Fear
not, for I am with thee."
By Dave Carlson
The year 1948 is already two weeks old and
it may seem like an afterthought to wish you
Happy New Year but there it is whether you
like it or not. I hope that all your 1947 joys
are doubled and your sorrows are halved and
that this year will be the most successful
you have ever had. In that connection, I hope
you eligible bachelors have taken note of the
gleam in some of the girls' eyes now that
Leap Year has made its appearance. What a
diamond harvest we should have this year!
VACATION VIGNETTES • After two
weeks at home and after a major operation to
uncross her fingers following Santa Claus'
disappointing visit, Hazel Bondeson's patience
has rewarded her when her "ship came in" the
other day.. ..... .June Edman solved the food
situation on her trip East by carrying chicken
sandwiches and sleeping pills in her saddle
bag which she claims was her purse As the
man said when the apartment house exploded,
"rumors were flying" regarding several of the
couples on campus but that's all they were.
Let's watch how we spread news during 1948,
huh?........Greetings to the future Bethelites of
the class of 1946 who made their appearances
either during vacation or in the wake of the
the little New Year. Proud parents are: the
Reuben Dahls, the Paul Andersons and the
Douglas Garveys Congrats to Herb Johnson
and Betty Lindblom on their betrothal!
Bethel is continually advancing to the stage
where it is worthy of senior college standing.
Evidence..of this fact is the policy of granting
sabbatical leaves to the faculty for futher
study and the consideration of the formation
of cultural societies on campus. The desire
for change is always a sign of forward pro-gress
so let's do our bit toward improving
the school and let the school know that we are
interested in what happens on campus.
There is still an area on this crowded
campus that is not being utilized to its fullest
advantage. We are referring to the volleyball
and handball courts in the basement of
Edgren Residence. These recreation rooms
stood idle most of the time last year. This
school-term the continued disuse of them is
rapidly becoming an abuse of the purpose for
which they were intended.
Strangely enough this indoor recreational
area is not often used. The problem involved
seems to resolve itself into two reasons. First,
as recreation areas, the rooms have not been
completed. That is, they need a coat of deck
paint to cover the entire floor surface, and
then the regulation boundry lines for various
games must be placed. Second, the equipment
for the games to be played is lacking. (It
is possible for volleyball, handball, badminton,
and schuffleboard to serve team competition
in these rooms, and individual exercises such
as wrestling, weight lifting, and the parallel
bars could be enjoyed also.)
The girls have not used these rooms. Per-haps
the women residents were unaware of
the fact that they have the exclusive use of
these recreation rooms on Monday evenings.
The fellows have not used these rooms very
often either for game competition or-individual
workouts.
. So far we have witnessed a lack of initiative
and the apparent lack of authority to go ahead
with the development and use of these rooms.
The Boy's Dormitory Organization, which has
jurisdiction over this campus residence, is at
a temporary stalemate. The Girl's Dormitory
Council has been largely unaware of the girl's
privileges for these rooms to see that neces-sary
action was taken.—Perhaps a joint com-mittee
from the two Dormitory Councils should
assume responsibility. Or should the Physical
Education Department take charge of this
recreation area and use it to supplement the
present gym facilities?
Calvin Edlund, of another opinion, has al-ready
begun a campaign to activate this rec-reational
area. He is the first to initiate such
action so we pledge our support to his efforts
in this program.
HOMER
"Get In there Homer, and remember,
Don't Get EXCITED!"
PLATFORM FOR TODAY: "0 wad some
power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as
ithers see us." Robt. Burns.
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Founders' Week Bethel Wins Third League Tilt
February 16-22
Bethel's annual Founder's Week
will be held from Monday noon,
February 16 to Friday evening,
February 20. The day sessions will
be held in the college chapel and
the evening meetings will be held
in the Bethlehem Baptist Church
in Minneapolis.
The speakers of this year's con-ference
are; Dr. H. A. Ironsides of
the Moody Church in Chicago, a
well-known Bible expositor; Dr.
Walter L. Wilson of Kansas City,
well known as a personal soul
winner; and Dr. Richard Ellsworth
Day of California, author of best
selling biographys of Moody, Fin-ney,
and Spurgeon.
Other members of the conference
and Bethel's faculty wrio will also
speak are; Adolf Olson who will
lead the morning prayer discussion,
Anton Pearson who will head the
Bible lectures in afternoon, Ay-mond
Anderson, William Backlund,
Samuel Schultz, Robert Wells, and
Floyd Ankerberg.
Governor Frank Carlson of Kan-sas
will be featured as banquet
speaker Friday evening.,
Nels Sjernstrom will be in charge
of music during the conference
Others who will lead the singing
in the afternoon are Dave Daniel-son,
Roger Younguist, Willard
Samuelson, and Ned Holgren. Vari-ous
groups from Bethel will be
presented during the conference.
Guest speakers will alternate
with messages in chapel.
Founder's Week, which is held
in memory of Dr. Alexis I. Edgren,
who founded Bethel in 1871, has
always been a great source of
blessing to laymen and pastors.
Convocation Promotes
Scenic America
"The American We Defend", a
picture travel talk on scenic and
historic America was given to
Bethel students on Tuesday, Jan-uary
6, by Dr. J. Richard Olson
from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Olson, lecturer, traveler, and
newspaperman presented scores of
varied views in natural colors of
outstanding portions of ten national
parks throughout the United States.
Frosh Plan "J.S."
The second meeting of the Fresh-man
Class was brought to order by
Mr. Edwards, the class advisor.
Several committees were elected to
wor on the Junior-Senior Banquet.
A special committee was elected
for a sleighride to be had in the
near future. It is composed of
Margaret Helgren and Hazel Bon-deson,
co-chairmen, Frank Doten,
and Harlan Olstrom.
as Friday nite
returned to the basketball wars and
copped a rough and tumble battle
from the Concordia Comets, 48-42.
After losing their two non-confer-ence
games just before the
holidays, Coach Edwards' boys
started the new year right by win-ning
their third straight conference
title to remain in first place in the
Southern Minnesota Junior Col-lege
conference.
The Comets, who defeated the
Indians twice last season, put up
a good fight all the way and fell
behind only i n the last four
minutes when Bethel pulled away
to a 9 point lead.
Led by Peterson and Greenman
with 14 points each, the Indians
played h a r d, aggressive ba 11
throughout the game. Greenman
opened the scoring with a swish
shot to give Bethel the lead. The
Comets then forged ahead, lost the
lead, and fought back to a 11-11
count at the quarter.
The second quarter proved to be
a repitition of the first quarter
with Bethel pushing ahead, losing
the lead momentarily, and then
pulling away again. With a few
minutes remaining in the half,
Bich, Comet forward, cut loose with
a couple of buckets to trim the
Indians' 6-point lead and leave the
half time count at Bethel 25, Con-cordia
23.
The third quarter started slowly
with little scoring until late in
the period. The lead changed hands
once again, but Greenman found
the range for two goals to give
Bethel a precious 3-point lead at
the quarter, score 33-30.
The Comets came back in the
fourth period to take the lead for
the fourth and last time. However,
two buckets by Peterson and one
by Eklof put the Indians in com-mand
once again. They piled up to
a nine-point lead and held off the
Comets for the remaining few
minutes—final score, Bethel 48,
Concordia- 42.
At a glance: An exciting but
rather rough game! At times there
was a trail of sprawled players
from the middle of the court to
the end lines. The Indians showed
some improvement, especially in
rebounding. Porcella looked good;
Dischinger seemed allergic to
shooting, Peterson found his shoot-ing
eye, Sandberg improved con-siderably,
Greenman played h i s
usual fine game.
BOX SCORE
Bethel FG FT. PF TP
Peterson f 6 2 1 14
Hamlin f 0 0 1 0
Sandberg f 3 0 2 6
Rentz f 0 0 0 0
Eklof c 3 0 4 6
Porcella c 2 0 3 4
Greenman g 5 4 2 14
Borgeson g 1 0 0 2
Dlschinger g 0 0 5 0
Nelson g 0 2 1 2
— — — —
Totals 20 8 19 48
Concordia FG FT PF TP
Beck f 2 1 0 5
Bich f 2 0 2 4
Braem 1 8 1 2 11
Alpers c 2 2 2 6
Wroze g 3 3 3 9
Myho g 3 1 4 7
Cloeter g 0 0 0 0
— — — —
Totals 17 8 13 42
Interest Grows
In I.B.L. Games
Team Name Won Lost
#6 Unknowns 3 0
#7 Goldbricks 3 0
#4 Grubbers 2 1
#2 Cold-shots 2 1
#8 Undertakers 1 2
#3 Whiz-Kids 1 2
#1 Rebels 0 3
#5 Angels 0 3
T h e Intra - Mural Basketball
League got under way last Friday
with the usual eight teams in
action. Each was playing its third
game and several new faces, and
figures, appeared on the floor.
In the first game, team #6, now
offically named the Unknowns, con-tinued
on their winning ways to
trouce under-manned #1, now the
Rebels, by a 44-14 score. Bob
(Smokey) Hails of the victors led
the attack with 11 points, with
Nels Nelson and Cliff Anderson
getting 9 and 8 points respectively.
Roy Johnson, fresh from the
Varsity, placed team #3 to their
first victory of the year as the
Whiz-Kids beat team #8, the
Undertakers, 24-17. Roy was high
scorer with 14 points, while Palm-quist
scored 8 for the losers.
In the third game of the after-noon,
team #2, the Cold-shots,
took team #5, the Angels, by a
26-18 score. This was a wild and
wooly affair with 28 personal fouls
being called. Bob Daley led the
victors with 11 points and Bill
Wright placed the losers with 6.
Sandy Nelson led the Goldbricks,
team #7, in a clean 24-19 win over
the stubborn Grubbers, team #4.
Nelson was high scorer with 8
points. With this win, the Gold-bricks
remain in a first place tie
with the Unknowns.
A
1 2 3 4
#6 I 13 25 34 44
#1 4 8 10 14
B
1 2 3 4
#3 6 12 20 24
II 8 7 13 16 17
C
1 2 3 4
#2 7 17 23 26
#5 4 8 14 18
D
1
2
3 4
#7 12
18
20 24
#4 5
7
9 19
Worthington J:C. Here
On Friday nite the Bethel Indi-ans
will be shooting for their
fourth conference win in a game
with Worthington Junior College.
Last season the Indians dealt
Worthington the only loss suffer-ed
by any of their athletic teams,
thus insuring a good game Friday
for Worthington will be out for
revenge.
In the preliminary game Coach
Skalbeck's "B" squad will tangle
with a team from the Savage Boys
Club of St. Paul. The games will be
played in our gymnasium.
Superior Trips
Indians 64-42
Just before the holiday vacation
the Indians traveled up to Super-ior,
Wisconsin for a non-conference
game with Superior State Teachers
College. It was a long, cold ride,
but they were rewarded for their
efforts by a warm reception as the
Teachers put on a hot display of
basketball in taking both ends of
the twin bill by scores of 47-24 and
64-42.
In the "B" game it was a case
of "too much, too often" as the
Teachers kept putting a fresh team
on the floor every five minutes
against a weary bunch of IIndians.
Final score, Teachers 47, Indians
24.
The varsity game proved to be
of the "fire-wagon" variety with
the Teachers making good use of
long football passes to score fast
and often. Trailing by eighteen
points at the half the Indians came
back strong in the last half 'but
couldn't quite match the speed and
drive of the Teachers, going down
by a final count of 64 to 42. Kenny
Greenman led the scoring once
again 'by chalking up 15 points
before leaving the game on fouls.
Sports Sketch
For our first personality of 1948
we have chosen John Dischinger.
John, who is now a sophomore,
spent two years in the army in
Germany before coming to Bethel.
He is 25 years of age, married,
and has one child, a boy.
John is a graduate of Tilden
High school in Chicago. While he
was there he didn't participate in
any sports, so all of his basketball
experience has been gained through
the YMCA or on church teams.
Nevertheless, without any high
school experience, John won a
place on last year's squad, knd is
back again this year. As a guard
last year, he had the dubious dis-tinction
of averaging four fouls a
game.
Some may remember John's
brother, Bob who graduated from
the Seminary last year, and who
now has a church in Burlington,
Iowa. John himself is a member of
the Emerald Avenue Baptist church
of Chicago. He is now planning to
enter the Lord's service on the
foreign field as a missionary.
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Sentence Sermons INTERVIEW
Too many put service as a sub- Calvin Chao Tells of IVF in China
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Rev. Curtis Akinson
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Rev. Calvin Chao (pronounced
"Zow") spoke at the Missionary
Band meeting last Friday evening.
He presented his personal testi-mony
of salvation, and gave an
account of the progress that the
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
has made in China.
Mr. Chao was born in China and
educated at a mission school near
his home. He attended a Chinese
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China. Through a nationwide con-ference
of students held near
Chungking in 1945, in which Chao
had a leading part, this Fellowship
was started. Since that time it has
reached 80 of the 150 compuses in
China.
Life Begins Again
Silence echoed through the halls
of Bodien Residence during the
holidays, but now the usual cackle
is back! Welcomes screeched all
day Monday and lasted until Tues-day
afternoon when the East coast
gang came back. Everyone has
been bubbling over with excite-ment
and the walls of our dorm
are literally vibrating.
The quietness of the dorm was
disturbed briefly on New Year's
eve when Sherlock Ev Johnson
bravely "caught" the burglar in
Rom 211 for the petrified girls.
Next time turn your light out
when you leave, Marge.
By now the unpacking is done
and school work is piling up, so
the dorm is back to its normal
routine.
N. L. Hermes
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Campus Calendar
Monday, January 12—Bodien Dorm
Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 13 — Faculty
Meeting.
Friday, January 16—B. W. A.
Friday, January 16—Basketball-
Bethel vs. Worthington here.
Monday, January 19—Basketball-
Bethel vs. Luther there.
Monied qz04iO444.
As the stenographer with the
new look would say, Hippy New
Year! Hope 1948 will bring as much
action as 1947 did. Do any of you
keep a Scrap Book? If not, here's
something with which to get stdrt-ed.
Did you know that during 1947
there were at least 47 Bethelite
couples engaged. That's 94 people.
I doubt if any of you readers could
list half of them. If you have
enough energy to ask for a copy of
them it could be furnished.
Guess life is just one crazy thing
after another—love is just two
crazy things after each other.
Was I disgusted! picked up the
last issue of the Clarion to read my
article and found out I hadn't
written any. So I had to read that
corny article by Dave Harps. Hope
he does better this year.
Maybe Bob Sandin got that black
eye from a Burp. More scoops!
Wally Berke and "Erick" Erickson
are now living at the Y.W.C.A.
And it's leap year too. I've already
seen several girls wearing an imi-tation
engagement ring as a hint
that they are ready to attack.
Belated Christmas Letter
Dear Santa,
Will you please send me two
back wheels for a 1931 model A,
just like the ones my car had
before vacation? Or please tell me
who took the ones I had.
Thank You Morrie
Joke of the week:
Paul Wick: (at Basketball game)
"See that big substitute down there
playing forward? I think he is
going to be our best man next
year."
Shirley Delin: "Oh, darling, this is
so sudden!
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Vol. XXVII—No. 12 Bethel College and Seminary January 14, 1948
St. Paul, Minnesota
Male Chorus to Present
Season's First Concert
WINTERTIME CAMPUS The Clarion
Frosh to Hold Sleigh
Ride as Class Mal
The freshmen sleigh ride party
will be held Saturday night, Jan-uary
24 at the Circle "S" Ranch.
Refreshments will be served in the
Boys' Dorm Recreation r o o m
following an hour and a half ride
through the woods, and Bob Mant-zke
will lead the singspiration
around a brazing fireplace. Fresh-men
may bring upper-classmen as
their guests. The event is not
strictly a date affair. Tickets are
65 cents each and only a limited
number are offered. They can be
purchased from Harlan Ostrom,
Frank Doten, Hazel Bondeson,
Marge Helgren.
Turning Over New Leaf
Theme of Bodien Meet
The members of the girls' dorm
met Wednesday evening, January
7, to discuss regulations concern-ing
the study hours and "lights-out"
deadline. The girls aired their
. opinions of the sytem in effect,
after which the council presented
a previously prepared list of new
rules.
Helen Franklin was elected as
the freshman represenative for the
dorm council.
Another dorm meeting is to be
held soon.
Malmsten Journeys
To the West Coast
Rev. and Mrs. Malmsten left St.
Paul January 5th to tour the
churches of the Columbia and
California Conferences. They are
presenting a piano-sermonette ser-ies
with pictures on the life of
Christ.
Miss'y Band Holds
First Meet of 1948
Elving Anderson led the Mission-ary
Band in their first meeting
of the new year, January 9th. Cal-vin
Chao, head of the Intervarsity
Fellowship Movement in the colle-ges
and universities of China, as
speaker, provided much food for
thought and inspiration. Several
numbers were presented by file
Singing Uncles. A trio consisting
of Mrs. Bill Brice, Katherine
Nelson and Sara Jean Wallinder
also sang.
Vacation time at Bethel. Ah Yes!
The thoughts of the coming fes-tivities
gladdened the hearts of
those who were homeward bound.
First a group left on a bus, then
some by train, some by auto and
some by streetcar. That was the
sight that passed in review of
those who stayed on the campus.
By Monday most had left, and
now it was known who would stay
around over the vacation.
Those staying could have been
placed in three classes. The in-dustrious,
who were still working.
The lazy, who started hibernating
and catching up on their sleeping.
Last, but not least, were the ones
who were just tired and needed a
rest. Exciting isn't it!
Christmas Eve had a forecasting
of being slightly on the dead side.
How true this almost became.
About, eight in the evening, eleven
of the group piled into Gil Fors-line's
oar and went to the morgue,
where the group gathered around
the organ to sing carols. Later re-freshments
were served in the
Girls' Dorm by Mr. and Mrs. Law-son.
Various members of the group
attended the Christmas services at
Roy Nelson Delegate
To S. V. Conference
The site of the sixteenth Quad-rennial
assembly of the North
American Conference on Christian
frontiers, held December 27, 1947
to January 1, 1948, was the beauti-ful
University of Kansas campus
in Laurence, Kansas. Although
Bethel is not affiliated in any way
with this Conference, Roy Nelson,
chairman of the Missionary Band,
was sent as a delegate. He will
report shortly to the student body
on the impressions and informa-tion
gained there.
These meetings began in 1886
under the influence of John R.
Mott who became its first presi-dent
and has continued in active
service and contact even until the
present time. Sponsors of the as-semblies
are the Student Volun-teers
Movement, t h e Student
Christian Movement of Canada and
the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
midnight and five in the the morn-ing.
The following days were for the
most part spent in sleeping and
eating. Mostly sleeping. Games,
both vigorous and otherwise, were
enthusiastically indulged in by
most of the group, especially parlor
games. Work on the campus was
almost at a minimum. The skating
rink was started and plowed out.
A few of the offices received a
New Look and the gym floor was
refinished. Have you noticed?
Hmmmm.
One evening was spent in skat-ing
and sliding after which re-freshments
were served. The fire-places
of both dorms were kept
burning most of the time. The
favorite pastime was lounging in
front of them.
On New Year's Eve everyone
went to various churches and took
part in the Watch night services.
The New Year was welcomed with
new hope and a desire to do better
in all things. So from us that
stayed and kept the lights burning,
we want to welcome you all back
and also wish you a Happy New
Year.
Bill Lindroth
Milaca, Minn. Jan. 27;
Eastern Trip Probable
The Bethel M a 1 e Chorus is
scheduled to appear in its lirst
public concert of the season in
Milaca, Minnesota on January 27.
The Chorus has appeared several
times in and around school, but
this will be the first full-dress con-cert
since rehearsals began in
September.
The Male Chorus is about thirty
strong this year. Special talent
which will be in forthcoming con-certs
includes such well known
campus personalities as Bob Mant-zke
and Bert Anderson.
Plans for the annual spring con-cert
tour are now in an advance
state of preparation. It is probable
that the tour will be of two weeks'
duration and will cover as much of
the Eastern Seaboard as possible
Several concerts will be given in
Chicago as well.
Student Council Moves
To Construct Ice Rink
As soon as colder weather moves
in, the new ice skating rink on
Bethel's campus will be completed.
The student council appropiated
$300.00 from their funds for the
construction of the rink. Vernon
Anderson was in charge of the
project and was assisted by
student help. Otto Ashbach and
Sons, Contractors, donated t h e
work of their bull dozer for clear-ing
away the snow, prepartory
to the erection of the side boards.
The rink is regulation size and will
be used for both pleasure skating
and for hockey.
Swedish Club to Meet
Movies Feature Program
The second regular meeting of
the newly organized Swedish Club
will be held this coming Monday
evening, January 19 at 8 o'clock
P.M. in the lounge of the Men's
Dorm. Highlighting the interesting
program to be presented will be
several films depicting Sweden, its
beauty and its people. Refresh-ments
will be served afterwards.
Vacation Days on Campus
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Class Membership
Sometimes the expansion and growth of an
institution render policies of long standing
quite impractical. In some matters it has been
possible at Bethel to conduct business with no
definite policy at all. However, the absence of
a clearly defined ruling has created major
problems of late in attempts to determine the
constituency of the college classes.
The difficulties of classifying students, al-ready
aggravated by the increased size of the
student body, have been made even more
serious this year by the installation of a
junior class. It is becoming clear now that
to maintain the identity of the classes definite
requirements for membership are imperative.
Futhermore, under the present lawless set-up
the Spire's task of arranging student pictures
according to classes is almost a hopeless one.
Recognizing the need of specific legislation,
the members of the faculty this fall passed a
ruling under which they regard as sophomores
all students who have earned more than forty
quarter credits of college work, and as juniors
all who have earned at least ninety-five such
credits with an honor point ratio of 1.0. The
ruling was introduced in the expectation that
similar academic requirements for membership
would be provided by -the classes themselves.
This has not been done, with the result that
students who, following the only standards
established, are classified as freshmen, attend
sophomore class meetings. The small junior
class, where the condition is most noticeable,
has been attempting for the last three months
to ascertain its true membership, to the
neglect of other activities.
The problem, it would seem, comes under the
jurisdiction of the student council. If that
body, however, declines from taking any ac-tion,
it is necessary for the classes of the
college and seminary to fix specific require.
ments for membership. Perhaps the faculty's
uling should be followed with an added pro-vision
to permit a student who will complete
the required work at the end of the fall
quarter to enter the class in September.
Membership in a class loses its significance
when requirements for entrance to the class
are absent. Although some students will be
offended by such standards, it is clear that
to remove uncertainty an irrefragable - policy
must be established.
It's nice to remember that winter always
drops in for a few short visits before coming
to stay.
Great things have been happening during
the Christmas vacation. The first crop of
diamonds was harvested, romance has been
running rampant—especially in the mess hall,
Edwards Memorial Field has become Edwards
Memorial Pond, the President has discovered
that "new look" in our own Bethel office,
and Dean Carlson, not to be outdone, decided
to give his office that "new look" too (sure
is a pretty shade of grey). Well, it's like I say,
you can never tell what the second cup of
coffee will do to you.
Here's a toast to the fellows who are doing
such a wonderful job (in spite of old man
weather) of making the new skating rink.
Here's sincere thanks to Vernon Anderson and
his gang for a lot of hard work so that we
Bethelites can have a lot of fun.
Now that my coffee's almost gone, I'd like
to turn to something a bit more serious.
Several weeks ago the debate squad was down
at Iowa State to a debate tournament. Previous
to the actual debates, discussion groups were
held considering the basic cause of world
unrest. It was actually an airing of the think-ing
of the top collegiate- professors through
the medium of their students who were par-ticipating.
After considerable discussion the
conclusion was reached that the basic cause
of world unrest was the element of fear that
is in the world today. How unfortunate that
all of the world's learning has not solved this
problem; yet, the answer was given some two
thousand years ago when the Lord said, "Fear
not, for I am with thee."
By Dave Carlson
The year 1948 is already two weeks old and
it may seem like an afterthought to wish you
Happy New Year but there it is whether you
like it or not. I hope that all your 1947 joys
are doubled and your sorrows are halved and
that this year will be the most successful
you have ever had. In that connection, I hope
you eligible bachelors have taken note of the
gleam in some of the girls' eyes now that
Leap Year has made its appearance. What a
diamond harvest we should have this year!
VACATION VIGNETTES • After two
weeks at home and after a major operation to
uncross her fingers following Santa Claus'
disappointing visit, Hazel Bondeson's patience
has rewarded her when her "ship came in" the
other day.. ..... .June Edman solved the food
situation on her trip East by carrying chicken
sandwiches and sleeping pills in her saddle
bag which she claims was her purse As the
man said when the apartment house exploded,
"rumors were flying" regarding several of the
couples on campus but that's all they were.
Let's watch how we spread news during 1948,
huh?........Greetings to the future Bethelites of
the class of 1946 who made their appearances
either during vacation or in the wake of the
the little New Year. Proud parents are: the
Reuben Dahls, the Paul Andersons and the
Douglas Garveys Congrats to Herb Johnson
and Betty Lindblom on their betrothal!
Bethel is continually advancing to the stage
where it is worthy of senior college standing.
Evidence..of this fact is the policy of granting
sabbatical leaves to the faculty for futher
study and the consideration of the formation
of cultural societies on campus. The desire
for change is always a sign of forward pro-gress
so let's do our bit toward improving
the school and let the school know that we are
interested in what happens on campus.
There is still an area on this crowded
campus that is not being utilized to its fullest
advantage. We are referring to the volleyball
and handball courts in the basement of
Edgren Residence. These recreation rooms
stood idle most of the time last year. This
school-term the continued disuse of them is
rapidly becoming an abuse of the purpose for
which they were intended.
Strangely enough this indoor recreational
area is not often used. The problem involved
seems to resolve itself into two reasons. First,
as recreation areas, the rooms have not been
completed. That is, they need a coat of deck
paint to cover the entire floor surface, and
then the regulation boundry lines for various
games must be placed. Second, the equipment
for the games to be played is lacking. (It
is possible for volleyball, handball, badminton,
and schuffleboard to serve team competition
in these rooms, and individual exercises such
as wrestling, weight lifting, and the parallel
bars could be enjoyed also.)
The girls have not used these rooms. Per-haps
the women residents were unaware of
the fact that they have the exclusive use of
these recreation rooms on Monday evenings.
The fellows have not used these rooms very
often either for game competition or-individual
workouts.
. So far we have witnessed a lack of initiative
and the apparent lack of authority to go ahead
with the development and use of these rooms.
The Boy's Dormitory Organization, which has
jurisdiction over this campus residence, is at
a temporary stalemate. The Girl's Dormitory
Council has been largely unaware of the girl's
privileges for these rooms to see that neces-sary
action was taken.—Perhaps a joint com-mittee
from the two Dormitory Councils should
assume responsibility. Or should the Physical
Education Department take charge of this
recreation area and use it to supplement the
present gym facilities?
Calvin Edlund, of another opinion, has al-ready
begun a campaign to activate this rec-reational
area. He is the first to initiate such
action so we pledge our support to his efforts
in this program.
HOMER
"Get In there Homer, and remember,
Don't Get EXCITED!"
PLATFORM FOR TODAY: "0 wad some
power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as
ithers see us." Robt. Burns.
THE CLARION Page 3
Founders' Week Bethel Wins Third League Tilt
February 16-22
Bethel's annual Founder's Week
will be held from Monday noon,
February 16 to Friday evening,
February 20. The day sessions will
be held in the college chapel and
the evening meetings will be held
in the Bethlehem Baptist Church
in Minneapolis.
The speakers of this year's con-ference
are; Dr. H. A. Ironsides of
the Moody Church in Chicago, a
well-known Bible expositor; Dr.
Walter L. Wilson of Kansas City,
well known as a personal soul
winner; and Dr. Richard Ellsworth
Day of California, author of best
selling biographys of Moody, Fin-ney,
and Spurgeon.
Other members of the conference
and Bethel's faculty wrio will also
speak are; Adolf Olson who will
lead the morning prayer discussion,
Anton Pearson who will head the
Bible lectures in afternoon, Ay-mond
Anderson, William Backlund,
Samuel Schultz, Robert Wells, and
Floyd Ankerberg.
Governor Frank Carlson of Kan-sas
will be featured as banquet
speaker Friday evening.,
Nels Sjernstrom will be in charge
of music during the conference
Others who will lead the singing
in the afternoon are Dave Daniel-son,
Roger Younguist, Willard
Samuelson, and Ned Holgren. Vari-ous
groups from Bethel will be
presented during the conference.
Guest speakers will alternate
with messages in chapel.
Founder's Week, which is held
in memory of Dr. Alexis I. Edgren,
who founded Bethel in 1871, has
always been a great source of
blessing to laymen and pastors.
Convocation Promotes
Scenic America
"The American We Defend", a
picture travel talk on scenic and
historic America was given to
Bethel students on Tuesday, Jan-uary
6, by Dr. J. Richard Olson
from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Olson, lecturer, traveler, and
newspaperman presented scores of
varied views in natural colors of
outstanding portions of ten national
parks throughout the United States.
Frosh Plan "J.S."
The second meeting of the Fresh-man
Class was brought to order by
Mr. Edwards, the class advisor.
Several committees were elected to
wor on the Junior-Senior Banquet.
A special committee was elected
for a sleighride to be had in the
near future. It is composed of
Margaret Helgren and Hazel Bon-deson,
co-chairmen, Frank Doten,
and Harlan Olstrom.
as Friday nite
returned to the basketball wars and
copped a rough and tumble battle
from the Concordia Comets, 48-42.
After losing their two non-confer-ence
games just before the
holidays, Coach Edwards' boys
started the new year right by win-ning
their third straight conference
title to remain in first place in the
Southern Minnesota Junior Col-lege
conference.
The Comets, who defeated the
Indians twice last season, put up
a good fight all the way and fell
behind only i n the last four
minutes when Bethel pulled away
to a 9 point lead.
Led by Peterson and Greenman
with 14 points each, the Indians
played h a r d, aggressive ba 11
throughout the game. Greenman
opened the scoring with a swish
shot to give Bethel the lead. The
Comets then forged ahead, lost the
lead, and fought back to a 11-11
count at the quarter.
The second quarter proved to be
a repitition of the first quarter
with Bethel pushing ahead, losing
the lead momentarily, and then
pulling away again. With a few
minutes remaining in the half,
Bich, Comet forward, cut loose with
a couple of buckets to trim the
Indians' 6-point lead and leave the
half time count at Bethel 25, Con-cordia
23.
The third quarter started slowly
with little scoring until late in
the period. The lead changed hands
once again, but Greenman found
the range for two goals to give
Bethel a precious 3-point lead at
the quarter, score 33-30.
The Comets came back in the
fourth period to take the lead for
the fourth and last time. However,
two buckets by Peterson and one
by Eklof put the Indians in com-mand
once again. They piled up to
a nine-point lead and held off the
Comets for the remaining few
minutes—final score, Bethel 48,
Concordia- 42.
At a glance: An exciting but
rather rough game! At times there
was a trail of sprawled players
from the middle of the court to
the end lines. The Indians showed
some improvement, especially in
rebounding. Porcella looked good;
Dischinger seemed allergic to
shooting, Peterson found his shoot-ing
eye, Sandberg improved con-siderably,
Greenman played h i s
usual fine game.
BOX SCORE
Bethel FG FT. PF TP
Peterson f 6 2 1 14
Hamlin f 0 0 1 0
Sandberg f 3 0 2 6
Rentz f 0 0 0 0
Eklof c 3 0 4 6
Porcella c 2 0 3 4
Greenman g 5 4 2 14
Borgeson g 1 0 0 2
Dlschinger g 0 0 5 0
Nelson g 0 2 1 2
— — — —
Totals 20 8 19 48
Concordia FG FT PF TP
Beck f 2 1 0 5
Bich f 2 0 2 4
Braem 1 8 1 2 11
Alpers c 2 2 2 6
Wroze g 3 3 3 9
Myho g 3 1 4 7
Cloeter g 0 0 0 0
— — — —
Totals 17 8 13 42
Interest Grows
In I.B.L. Games
Team Name Won Lost
#6 Unknowns 3 0
#7 Goldbricks 3 0
#4 Grubbers 2 1
#2 Cold-shots 2 1
#8 Undertakers 1 2
#3 Whiz-Kids 1 2
#1 Rebels 0 3
#5 Angels 0 3
T h e Intra - Mural Basketball
League got under way last Friday
with the usual eight teams in
action. Each was playing its third
game and several new faces, and
figures, appeared on the floor.
In the first game, team #6, now
offically named the Unknowns, con-tinued
on their winning ways to
trouce under-manned #1, now the
Rebels, by a 44-14 score. Bob
(Smokey) Hails of the victors led
the attack with 11 points, with
Nels Nelson and Cliff Anderson
getting 9 and 8 points respectively.
Roy Johnson, fresh from the
Varsity, placed team #3 to their
first victory of the year as the
Whiz-Kids beat team #8, the
Undertakers, 24-17. Roy was high
scorer with 14 points, while Palm-quist
scored 8 for the losers.
In the third game of the after-noon,
team #2, the Cold-shots,
took team #5, the Angels, by a
26-18 score. This was a wild and
wooly affair with 28 personal fouls
being called. Bob Daley led the
victors with 11 points and Bill
Wright placed the losers with 6.
Sandy Nelson led the Goldbricks,
team #7, in a clean 24-19 win over
the stubborn Grubbers, team #4.
Nelson was high scorer with 8
points. With this win, the Gold-bricks
remain in a first place tie
with the Unknowns.
A
1 2 3 4
#6 I 13 25 34 44
#1 4 8 10 14
B
1 2 3 4
#3 6 12 20 24
II 8 7 13 16 17
C
1 2 3 4
#2 7 17 23 26
#5 4 8 14 18
D
1
2
3 4
#7 12
18
20 24
#4 5
7
9 19
Worthington J:C. Here
On Friday nite the Bethel Indi-ans
will be shooting for their
fourth conference win in a game
with Worthington Junior College.
Last season the Indians dealt
Worthington the only loss suffer-ed
by any of their athletic teams,
thus insuring a good game Friday
for Worthington will be out for
revenge.
In the preliminary game Coach
Skalbeck's "B" squad will tangle
with a team from the Savage Boys
Club of St. Paul. The games will be
played in our gymnasium.
Superior Trips
Indians 64-42
Just before the holiday vacation
the Indians traveled up to Super-ior,
Wisconsin for a non-conference
game with Superior State Teachers
College. It was a long, cold ride,
but they were rewarded for their
efforts by a warm reception as the
Teachers put on a hot display of
basketball in taking both ends of
the twin bill by scores of 47-24 and
64-42.
In the "B" game it was a case
of "too much, too often" as the
Teachers kept putting a fresh team
on the floor every five minutes
against a weary bunch of IIndians.
Final score, Teachers 47, Indians
24.
The varsity game proved to be
of the "fire-wagon" variety with
the Teachers making good use of
long football passes to score fast
and often. Trailing by eighteen
points at the half the Indians came
back strong in the last half 'but
couldn't quite match the speed and
drive of the Teachers, going down
by a final count of 64 to 42. Kenny
Greenman led the scoring once
again 'by chalking up 15 points
before leaving the game on fouls.
Sports Sketch
For our first personality of 1948
we have chosen John Dischinger.
John, who is now a sophomore,
spent two years in the army in
Germany before coming to Bethel.
He is 25 years of age, married,
and has one child, a boy.
John is a graduate of Tilden
High school in Chicago. While he
was there he didn't participate in
any sports, so all of his basketball
experience has been gained through
the YMCA or on church teams.
Nevertheless, without any high
school experience, John won a
place on last year's squad, knd is
back again this year. As a guard
last year, he had the dubious dis-tinction
of averaging four fouls a
game.
Some may remember John's
brother, Bob who graduated from
the Seminary last year, and who
now has a church in Burlington,
Iowa. John himself is a member of
the Emerald Avenue Baptist church
of Chicago. He is now planning to
enter the Lord's service on the
foreign field as a missionary.
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Page 4 THE CLARION
Sentence Sermons INTERVIEW
Too many put service as a sub- Calvin Chao Tells of IVF in China
stitute for salvation.
Rev. Curtis Akinson
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Rev. Curtis Akinson
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Rev. Calvin Chao (pronounced
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Band meeting last Friday evening.
He presented his personal testi-mony
of salvation, and gave an
account of the progress that the
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
has made in China.
Mr. Chao was born in China and
educated at a mission school near
his home. He attended a Chinese
University. His father was a Con-fucius-
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Calvin accepted Christianity.
Chao presently holds the position
of General Secretary for the Inter-
Varsity Christian Fellowship of
China. Through a nationwide con-ference
of students held near
Chungking in 1945, in which Chao
had a leading part, this Fellowship
was started. Since that time it has
reached 80 of the 150 compuses in
China.
Life Begins Again
Silence echoed through the halls
of Bodien Residence during the
holidays, but now the usual cackle
is back! Welcomes screeched all
day Monday and lasted until Tues-day
afternoon when the East coast
gang came back. Everyone has
been bubbling over with excite-ment
and the walls of our dorm
are literally vibrating.
The quietness of the dorm was
disturbed briefly on New Year's
eve when Sherlock Ev Johnson
bravely "caught" the burglar in
Rom 211 for the petrified girls.
Next time turn your light out
when you leave, Marge.
By now the unpacking is done
and school work is piling up, so
the dorm is back to its normal
routine.
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Campus Calendar
Monday, January 12—Bodien Dorm
Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 13 — Faculty
Meeting.
Friday, January 16—B. W. A.
Friday, January 16—Basketball-
Bethel vs. Worthington here.
Monday, January 19—Basketball-
Bethel vs. Luther there.
Monied qz04iO444.
As the stenographer with the
new look would say, Hippy New
Year! Hope 1948 will bring as much
action as 1947 did. Do any of you
keep a Scrap Book? If not, here's
something with which to get stdrt-ed.
Did you know that during 1947
there were at least 47 Bethelite
couples engaged. That's 94 people.
I doubt if any of you readers could
list half of them. If you have
enough energy to ask for a copy of
them it could be furnished.
Guess life is just one crazy thing
after another—love is just two
crazy things after each other.
Was I disgusted! picked up the
last issue of the Clarion to read my
article and found out I hadn't
written any. So I had to read that
corny article by Dave Harps. Hope
he does better this year.
Maybe Bob Sandin got that black
eye from a Burp. More scoops!
Wally Berke and "Erick" Erickson
are now living at the Y.W.C.A.
And it's leap year too. I've already
seen several girls wearing an imi-tation
engagement ring as a hint
that they are ready to attack.
Belated Christmas Letter
Dear Santa,
Will you please send me two
back wheels for a 1931 model A,
just like the ones my car had
before vacation? Or please tell me
who took the ones I had.
Thank You Morrie
Joke of the week:
Paul Wick: (at Basketball game)
"See that big substitute down there
playing forward? I think he is
going to be our best man next
year."
Shirley Delin: "Oh, darling, this is
so sudden!
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